WePress Community Arts Space Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 750321721RR0001 · Education in the Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($293,438) as filed with the CRA.
WePress Community Arts Space Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $319K in revenue and $293K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 56% from government, 37% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $91K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
WePress continued to advance education in methods of print- and art-making by providing free public opportunities in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Canada with a particular focus on individuals marginalized by systems of class sexuality gender race culture disability mental health addictions and colonization. WePress continued to take the extra efforts and resources required to address accessibility issues and the numerous barriers to art-making that exist for many low-income and marginalized people by providing free equipment materials …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $319K | $293K | $198K | $0 | — | $93K |
| 2023 | $264K | $273K | $174K | — | — | $67K |
| 2022 | $459K | $435K | $339K | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $581K | $564K | $302K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $325K | $300K | — | — | $0 | $31K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $91K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$138K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julia Aoki (director); Sharon Belli (director); Shauna Butterwick (president); Ann Hepper (secretary and treasurer); Kate Hodgson (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from WePress Community Arts Space Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 750321721RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.